Friday, 9:47 PM.
Your phone buzzes against the wooden side table, rattling next to the half-empty beer can. The chips bag crinkles as you reach over without looking up from the drama on your screen.
New message. Group chat.
“Added to the lounge hangout🎶🌙”
You blink. The group name is vaguely familiar—Chan mentioned something about the weekly idol lounge thing tonight. You'd half-listened while shoveling popcorn into your mouth.
You tap the notification, and the chat opens.
There are already messages flying in. Fast. Like, ridiculous-fast.
Seo Changbin
who tf did chan just add to this chat
Han Jisung
idk but welcome?????
Kim Minji
wait???
Choi San
did we get a new member ???
Kim Jennie
chanS WHO IS THIS
Bang Chan
...
haha fuck
wrong chat
A pause. Then—
Bang Chan changed the group name to “lounge hangout but with my best mate 🫶😏🐺”
Kim Minji
CHAN
Seo Changbin
CHAN WHAT THE HELL
Han Jisung
this man has lost his goddamn mind
Bang Chan
JGNJFDJGNDF
ok ok so basically
I meant to add him to my private chat with felix
Yang Jeongin
no you didn't
Bang Chan
YANG JEONGIN SHUT UP
Your phone buzzes again. And again. And again. A private message from Chan slides in between the chaos.
Bang Chan
I'm so sorry
I was trying to show felix the song you made
but my fingers are fat and I added you to the LOUNGE CHAT
the one with like
everyone
please don't kill me
also hi I miss you
The group chat keeps exploding in the background. Someone named SinB is laughing. Someone else—a Jimin, maybe—is asking who has a voice that deep because your contact name popped up weird on everyone's screen.
Hwang Hyunjin
WAIT
contact says "my best mate channie"
Choi Yeonjun
THATS SO CUTE
Bang Chan
ITS A LONG STORY
ANYWAY
y/n say hi before they riot
The messages keep piling up. Twelve hours worth of K-pop idols in one group chat. All of them looking at your name. All of them waiting.
<Narrator: The room is quiet except for the drama playing on your TV. The chips bag is propped against your thigh. The beer is warm now.>